FEMININE DIMENSION IN ISLAM AND THE ERA OF MASCULINIZATION TOWARD NATURE

Mohammad Hasan Basri

Abstract

The development process which is running in several countries tends to ignore the aspect of natural balance. It leads to undesirable impact toward natural -ecosystem sustainability process and human beings’ life. In Vandana Shiva language, this recent development process is “masculinization” process toward nature. Nature which is symbolized as mother earth is exploited destructively causing natural destruction and ecological crisis. In this paper, writer tries to find the root of problemform eco-feminism perspective through several theories on human and nature relationship related to feminism concept in Islam. There are two main reasons for recent exploitative and destructive development towards nature. First, human beings act as single authoritarian and single entity. Second, in Islamic theological perspective, recent development model is masculine -based and it ignores feminine aspects in Islam that it applies rigid and dominating approaches.